Recommend (or don't) a movie thread v2

[KTrain]

I watched The Right Stuff (1983) for the first time today. While the start had a bit of 80s cheese to it the rest was strong. Really felt the weight of what they were trying to accomplish.

[WhiteTiger]

Just finished watching Hobbs & Shaw. I really liked it. It's got the feel of Fast & Furious, mixed in with a bit of buddy cop movie. It had plenty of action, but it all felt believable (which, as much as I love the F&F movies, they are getting further and further from). Johnson and Statham have a great chemistry and timing. Elba is simply fantastic. I was also really impressed with Kirby. Well done.

[AC]

Saw Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and loved it.

Had 3 separate groups of walkouts about halfway through, so it's clearly not for everyone. As a big Tarantino fan it was pretty much exactly what I expected, so I was really pleased.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by WhiteTiger

Just finished watching Hobbs & Shaw. I really liked it. It's got the feel of Fast & Furious, mixed in with a bit of buddy cop movie. It had plenty of action, but it all felt believable (which, as much as I love the F&F movies, they are getting further and further from). Johnson and Statham have a great chemistry and timing. Elba is simply fantastic. I was also really impressed with Kirby. Well done.

Ha...hahahahahahaha!!!

You can't be serious. Those movies are a lot of things. Believable is not one of them.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

Ha...hahahahahahaha!!!

You can't be serious. Those movies are a lot of things. Believable is not one of them.

Well WhiteTiger specifically stated this is how the movie is different than the others in the franchise. So maybe?

[OutOfTheCube]

I also saw Hobbs & Shaw and it was enjoyable, but very far from believable. I mean, there's a part where The Rock freefalls on to three different guys rappelling down a building, finally falling several stories and smashing through a glass roof on to a car but is completely uninjured. Later in the same scene they drive a Mclaren underneath two 53' trailers passing each other, while Idris Elba does the same, power sliding on the ground on his motorbike that transforms like a Michael Bay Transformer. In the climax, The Rock holds a military helicopter back with a chain, like Captain America.

It's fine if you accept that these characters are literally superheroes now, but definitely not anywhere close to believable.

Vanessa Kirby is great though. Those eyes, man.

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

I also saw Hobbs & Shaw and it was enjoyable, but very far from believable. I mean, there's a part where The Rock freefalls on to three different guys rappelling down a building, finally falling several stories and smashing through a glass roof on to a car but is completely uninjured. Later in the same scene they drive a Mclaren underneath two 53' trailers passing each other, while Idris Elba does the same, power sliding on the ground on his motorbike that transforms like a Michael Bay Transformer. In the climax, The Rock holds a military helicopter back with a chain, like Captain America.

It's fine if you accept that these characters are literally superheroes now, but definitely not anywhere close to believable.

Vanessa Kirby is great though. Those eyes, man.

Yeah, I worded it poorly. I meant more that it walked the line between the 'bombastic action' and 'actually believable' a lot better than the recent F&F's, but it's still an action movie, with all that entails.

[Cheese]

Watched Once upon a time with my wife today. I liked it, didnt love it, but enjoyed the trip back to the 60s and the ending was enjoyable. Not your typical QT movie.

My wife hated it, almost fell asleep and would have left if I didnt like it.

[djsFlames]

Yeah, Hobbs and Shaw was ####ing ridiculous. Which is surprising to no one. I've approached those movies as comedies since Fast Five. Felt like it was the Marvel version of Fast and the Furious with the super human angle. I mean the Rock basically pulled a captain America in a certain vehicle scene. If you want to call what went down believable then I'd love to come live on the earth that you're residing.

The most redeeming parts are the interactions between the leads, and the two nice supporting cast surprises.


The most enjoyable movie I've seen this summer is Yesterday. That movie was just a frickin joy start to finish, and much funnier than expected. Minor gripes of course, but favorite music group themed film of the last calendar year, and there have been some decent ones. I'm glad it's been in theatres as long as it has, and the showing I went to just recently was a full theater including the very front section so that was great to see.

I'd say it's better value for your buck than H&S was.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Yeah, Hobbs and Shaw was ####ing ridiculous. Which is surprising to no one. I've approached those movies as comedies since Fast Five. Felt like it was the Marvel version of Fast and the Furious with the super human angle. I mean the Rock basically pulled a captain America in a certain vehicle scene. If you want to call what went down believable then I'd love to come live on the earth that you're residing.

The most redeeming parts are the interactions between the leads, and the two nice supporting cast surprises.


The most enjoyable movie I've seen this summer is Yesterday. That movie was just a frickin joy start to finish, and much funnier than expected. Minor gripes of course, but favorite music group themed film of the last calendar year, and there have been some decent ones. I'm glad it's been in theatres as long as it has, and the showing I went to just recently was a full theater including the very front section so that was great to see.

I'd say it's better value for your buck than H&S was.

We went and saw that last week, and while I enjoy The Beatles I'm far from a rabid fan, but that movie was a treat. Love the Beatles or not, the music is good, the story is good and, you nailed it, much funnier than expected.

Spoiler!

I cant sing or play an instrument so instead of plagiarizing The Beatles which he felt was sacrilegious I'd totally have 'invented cigarettes' and reaped the financial rewards.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by Locke

Spoiler!

I cant sing or play an instrument so instead of plagiarizing The Beatles which he felt was sacrilegious I'd totally have 'invented cigarettes' and reaped the financial rewards.

I'm glad someone else can vouch for how much of a delight it was.

Spoiler!

I suppose you'd have to know the process and what goes into making a cigarette. The world would be better off without them, BUT there'd be no surer way to make yourself a billionaire.

There was also Coke and Harry Potter (all of his googling sequences were ####ing hilarious). I'd probably fail horribly at attempting to write those novels just because Rowling built such a complex and vast universe that I didn't pay enough attention to.

I feel like writing out the 'approximate' sheet music for all the Beatles songs and lyrics with a few alterations would be easiest. You could get someone else to perform and still reap a huge rewards.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

I'm glad someone else can vouch for how much of a delight it was.

Spoiler!

I suppose you'd have to know the process and what goes into making a cigarette. The world would be better off without them, BUT there'd be no surer way to make yourself a billionaire.

There was also Coke and Harry Potter (all of his googling sequences were ####ing hilarious). I'd probably fail horribly at attempting to write those novels just because Rowling built such a complex and vast universe that I didn't pay enough attention to.

I feel like writing out the 'approximate' sheet music for all the Beatles songs and lyrics with a few alterations would be easiest. You could get someone else to perform and still reap a huge rewards.

Spoiler!

Yeah, but Coke is literally a secret and you'd still have to compete against Pepsi, like you said, Harry Potter is complex but you could maybe get a good writer and tell them the story and have them write it out.

I think I could throw together a bunch of crap that people would greedily suck into their lungs for money. Ironically the worst thing out of all of them would be the easiest. Yes, you'd totally be a merciless Merchant of Death but....you'd be rich in a weird world....

And they call me a monster! A monster!!

[Hockeyguy15]

Wait...All of that stuff didn't exist, but Google did?

Brutal, I would have gone the Hot Tub Time Machine route and made Lougle.

[octothorp]

I really, really liked Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Spoiler!

I do think that at least a little knowledge about the Manson murders is necessary for it to work. I didn't know that it was part of the movie going into it, but by the time we learned that Robbie's character was Sharon Tate, I figured I knew we were building up to the murders (though I didn't see that twist on it unfolding the way it did). The history provides a lot of the tension. I can't imagine that the scene with Cliff at the ranch with all the hippies watching him would feel as menacing if you don't know that history. And then juxtaposing Cliff's time there, as he tries to be the good guy in looking into what seems to him like a potential kidnapping (or worse), while Rick is trying to be the bad-guy in his cowboy villain kidnapper role.

The only thing I have an issue with is I'm struggling to put together Rick's decision to go to Rome after having what seemed to him to be a career-high moment, at least acting-wise. I've since read that there were some deleted scenes that might fit there in the timeline (including more between Rick and the child-actress)... maybe they would have cleared that up a bit more. And she was so great... I really would have loved another scene with her.

Pacing was fine. Tarantino's pacing has always had a bit of a Sergio Leone quality to it, and so it's appropriate that here he's leaning into that a little more than usual in a film that is directly referencing Leone right down to the movie title.

To Cecil's earlier question about the antenna-fixing scene, when watching it I thought it was something that he was actually remembering, but the friend I saw it with saw it as a fantasy of what he wishes had happened.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by KTrain

I watched The Right Stuff (1983) for the first time today. While the start had a bit of 80s cheese to it the rest was strong. Really felt the weight of what they were trying to accomplish.

The book is even better.

[Ark2]

Originally Posted by octothorp

I really, really liked Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Spoiler!

I do think that at least a little knowledge about the Manson murders is necessary for it to work. I didn't know that it was part of the movie going into it, but by the time we learned that Robbie's character was Sharon Tate, I figured I knew we were building up to the murders (though I didn't see that twist on it unfolding the way it did). The history provides a lot of the tension. I can't imagine that the scene with Cliff at the ranch with all the hippies watching him would feel as menacing if you don't know that history. And then juxtaposing Cliff's time there, as he tries to be the good guy in looking into what seems to him like a potential kidnapping (or worse), while Rick is trying to be the bad-guy in his cowboy villain kidnapper role.

The only thing I have an issue with is I'm struggling to put together Rick's decision to go to Rome after having what seemed to him to be a career-high moment, at least acting-wise. I've since read that there were some deleted scenes that might fit there in the timeline (including more between Rick and the child-actress)... maybe they would have cleared that up a bit more. And she was so great... I really would have loved another scene with her.

Pacing was fine. Tarantino's pacing has always had a bit of a Sergio Leone quality to it, and so it's appropriate that here he's leaning into that a little more than usual in a film that is directly referencing Leone right down to the movie title.

To Cecil's earlier question about the antenna-fixing scene, when watching it I thought it was something that he was actually remembering, but the friend I saw it with saw it as a fantasy of what he wishes had happened.

Your friend is wrong. It was a flashback.

[Erick Estrada]

Yeah to me at least it felt like an obvious flashback.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Perhaps it's time for you guys to make a separate thread for the movie with a spoiler tag in the title. Then you can speak freely without giving hints to the rest of us about flashbacks and anything else that might say too much without realizing it.

I haven't been able to get away from the kids for the last few weeks and I'm dying to see this movie. However, it's getting harder to avoid people talking about it. Not your problem, I know, but it would be doing me (and possibly others) a courtesy to make a separate thread to discuss plot points.

[bubbsy]

Have watched a few movies recently...

lion king - took the kids, plenty of nostalgia for me, and it did look quite visually impacting not being a cartoon.

The great hack - saw this on Netflix this week. Had no idea what it was, a complete random selection. highly recommend everyone watch this. Although it did make me want to throw my smartphone down the toilet and get an old Motorola razr.

Whitney Cummings comedy special (whatever it's called) - terrible. ugh, what a waste of time

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

Perhaps it's time for you guys to make a separate thread for the movie with a spoiler tag in the title. Then you can speak freely without giving hints to the rest of us about flashbacks and anything else that might say too much without realizing it.

I haven't been able to get away from the kids for the last few weeks and I'm dying to see this movie. However, it's getting harder to avoid people talking about it. Not your problem, I know, but it would be doing me (and possibly others) a courtesy to make a separate thread to discuss plot points.

I don't think discussing a scene was a flashback or not without descriptive details of the actual scene is really giving anything away. There is nothing being revealed in this thread that isn't hid behind spoiler tags.